Students and protesters arm themselves with weaponry and ammunition found at local police stations and armories after soldiers began shooting unarmed pro-democracy protesters. Gwangju, South Korea, 24 May 1980. [811 x 1080]
Even though I understand why they felt they had to get weapons to resist against government, I can’t see them having any chance against a more numerous, trained and armed military.
weecefwew
for anyone who didn’t know, south korea was essentially a revolving door of quasi-fascist military dictatorships up until this point. their leadership during the korean war and subsequent partition heavily consisted of men who had previously collaborated with imperial japan against their own people.
![Students and protesters arm themselves with weaponry and ammunition found at local police stations and armories after soldiers began shooting unarmed pro-democracy protesters. Gwangju, South Korea, 24 May 1980. [811 x 1080]](https://i.redd.it/t5nvxhtu3jz41.jpg)
Johannes_P
Even though I understand why they felt they had to get weapons to resist against government, I can’t see them having any chance against a more numerous, trained and armed military.
weecefwew
for anyone who didn’t know, south korea was essentially a revolving door of quasi-fascist military dictatorships up until this point. their leadership during the korean war and subsequent partition heavily consisted of men who had previously collaborated with imperial japan against their own people.